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On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> 
> I can't see what protects the default drop_buffers case against this,
> so can't argue that it's an XFS problem.

But I should add, I don't see what might be racing with what on the
same page, to cause the problem in practice.

Hugh